Adolescent mental health is a hot topic again. In March 2021, according to the “Chinese National Mental Health Report (2019-2020)” released by the Psychological Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the detection rate of depression among Chinese adolescents in 2020 was 24.6%, of which 17.2% were mild depression and 7.4% were severe depression. %. That is, 1 in 5 children suffers from depression.
At the just-concluded National Two Sessions, many representatives also focused on how to protect the mental health of young people. Representative Chai Huien, deputy principal of Xiguan South Street Primary School in Dingzhou City, Hebei Province, proposed to strengthen the psychological education teachers in primary and secondary schools. “Prevention”; Representative Wu Guangping, Secretary of the Party Committee and Principal of Liewu Middle School in Chengdu suggested that a systematic mechanism for psychological intervention, rescue and treatment should be established…
So, how do primary and secondary schools in Chengdu carry out mental health education? What do parents think? What measures will the relevant authorities take? Red Star News reporters visited and investigated this.
▲pre-exam psychological counseling
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It is understood that on October 10, 2019, the Chengdu Education Bureau issued the “Chengdu Primary and Secondary School Mental Health Education Development Plan (2019-2022)” (referred to as the “Plan” ), it is proposed that each primary and secondary school (including vocational middle schools) should be equipped with at least one full-time psychological teacher. In terms of courses, a resource library of psychological education courses will be built, and the structure of three types of courses: psychology special courses, psychology class meeting courses, and psychological comprehensive practice courses will be optimized.
Are the primary and secondary schools in Chengdu meeting this requirement? The Red Star News reporter learned from Shuangliu District Pengzhen Primary School, Chengdu Jiaozi Primary School and Chengdu Jinsha Primary School that the schools currently have full-time psychological teachers and ensure the establishment of psychological courses. “According to relevant requirements, there will be a class every two weeks, but it has not yet become a special course.” Xie Yunjing, a teacher at the teaching department of Chengdu Jiaozi Primary School, said.
So, what is the configuration of the secondary school? When I came to Huayang Middle School in Tianfu New District, the reporter saw the melodrama psychological counseling room, career planning room, evaluation room, activity room, etc. in the Mental Health Education Center. According to reports, since its establishment in 2001, Huayang Middle School has always regarded mental health education as an important part of strengthening and improving moral education and promoting quality education in an all-round way. a major feature.
▲Psychological Theater Room of Huayang Middle School in Tianfu New District
“The ‘Siquan’ includes comprehensive education, whole-member education, global education and whole-course education, aiming at promoting the healthy growth of students in teaching activities, curriculum construction, school management, teacher growth and other links .” Huang Yong, a full-time psychological consultant, told reporters that the purpose of psychological education is not only to treat, but also to focus on prevention and development. “In the early stage, we conducted preliminary screening through the entrance examination and drawing psychology, and then set up special courses and practical activities (junior and high school) according to the children’s physical and mental development characteristics.”
And in full-time psychological counseling In the view of teacher Liu Ying, psychological education is also “psychological self-healing”. “There was once a child who wrote a script about her illness and seeking medical treatment through psychological drama performances. During this process, she gradually opened her heart and her personality became cheerful.” According to statistics, the school currently has 6 full-time staff. Psychological teachers have obtained the national second-level psychological counselor qualification. 90 part-time psychology teachers assist the head teacher to be responsible for the psychological education of the class.
▲The emotional vent room of Huayang Middle School in Tianfu New District
Parents:
Psychological education is different from subject education. The leader
When the reporter communicated with four parents from Tanghu Primary School in Shuangliu District, Chengdu Shishilian Middle School Jinsha Branch, and Chengdu No. Psychological education in primary schools has the same attitude.
How to do it? How to ensure the effect? Ms. Zhang, the first parent of Chengdu Shishilian Middle School Jinsha Campus, believes that the first thing to do is to distinguish between psychological education and subject education. “I have studied psychology before, and the biggest feeling is that psychological education cannot rely on a single teaching mode. It is different from the education of subjects other than language and mathematics. It needs to pay more attention to and listen to the inner world of children.”
< p>“In addition, family education and school education also need to cooperate with each other.” Ms. Zhu, the parent of the junior middle school of Chengdu No. 20 Middle School, told reporters, “I also bought some psychological books before, but I still don’t know much after reading them. I hope the school can provide some Lectures allow parents to also participate and better guide their children’s mental health.”
For some primary school parents, psychological education still needs to be fully covered. “The child is too young. When she encounters a problem, she will go to a trustworthy person. Therefore, in addition to the allocation of full-time psychological teachers in the school, the head teacher and other teachers also need to strengthen psychological training, so that they can follow up the child’s physical and mental condition in time, and Do a good job of psychological counseling.” said Ms. Shu, the parent of the first grade of Tanghu Primary School in Shuangliu District.
▲The equipment in Tianfu New District Huayang Middle School Mental Health Center Ballast and Massage Chairs
Departments:
Each Primary and secondary schools are equipped with at least one full-time psychological teacher
According to the data, on December 31, 2021, Chengdu issued the “Mental Health of Chengdu Primary and Secondary Schools”.The “Special Service Work Plan” (hereinafter referred to as the “Plan”) requires primary and secondary schools to open full mental health education classes, with no less than 1 class hour every two weeks. Each primary and secondary school is equipped with at least one full-time psychological teacher, and the psychological counseling room is equipped with a rate of 100%. It strives to achieve a class teacher B-level qualification certificate rate of more than 90% within five years, and the professional supervision of psychological teachers is included in the teacher’s continuing education plan. Receive at least 10 hours of professional supervision each year.
At the same time, the “Plan” will implement graded early warning, according to the severity of students’ psychological problems, students’ psychological crisis early warning is divided into general early warning, key early warning and special early warning. Key points and special warnings are included in the management ledger of students at high psychological risk, and they will be focused on and tracked.
In this regard, Zhu Changshui, principal of Huayang Middle School in Tianfu New District, mentioned the school’s “five-level psychological prevention mechanism”. It is a systematic process, he explained. Through the implementation of “positive psychological education – early psychological prevention – early psychological warning – early psychological intervention – intervention and treatment of serious psychological problems”, we will pay attention to individual differences and develop children’s potential.
It is understood that on January 12, 2022 in Sichuan Province, in the “face-to-face between the Communist Youth League and the deputies of the National People’s Congress and members of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference”, in the face of adolescent mental health problems, the representative of the Chengdu Chenghua District People’s Congress, Sichuan Weixu Du Wei, director of the Public Welfare Legal Service Center, suggested that mental health education and life safety education should be incorporated into more local regulations to highlight operability.
Data show that on June 1, 2021, the newly revised Law on the Protection of Minors came into effect. At present, Gansu, Shanghai, Beijing and other places have started the revision of relevant local regulations such as minors protection regulations.
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Editor Chai Chang